"Man-in-the-barrel" syndrome as delayed manifestation of extrapontine and central pontine myelinolysis: Beneficial effect of intravenous immunoglobulin

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 103-106

  Deleu, Dirk ^a   Salim, Khalid ^a   Mesraoua, Boulenouar ^a   El Siddig, Abbas ^a   Al Hail, Hassan ^a   Hanssens, Yolande ^a  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Central pontine myelinolysis; Extrapontine myelinolysis; Hyponatremia; Intravenous immunoglobulin; Magnetic resonance imaging; Man in the barrel syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; MAN IN THE BARREL SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEPTICEMIA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARM; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPONATREMIA; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; PARALYSIS; SEPSIS; SODIUM; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 24144443298     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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